White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami finally hit something other than a home run after record-setting start

Chicago White Sox prospect Munetaka Murakami arrived in Major League Baseball this offseason with modest expectations. Murakami showed impressive power and discipline at the plate in Nippon Professional Baseball, but concerns about his contact skills severely weighed on his contract, leading him to sign with the White Sox… rather than a team like the Los…

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Bitcoin Rockets Past $81,000 as Geopolitical Tensions Ease and ETFs See Major Inflows!

** What Happened? The cryptocurrency market is experiencing a significant surge today, May 5, 2026, with Bitcoin leading the charge, briefly surpassing the $81,000 mark. This bullish momentum is largely attributed to a de-escalation of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, particularly reports of a cooling conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Consequently, Brent crude…

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A beginner’s guide to stablecoins

Are stablecoins stable? Come on, it’s in the name! Of course, category misnaming does occur in the cryptocurrency industry. Does anyone remember NuBits? You must have lost money on Terra? Just last year, DeFi stablecoins including Synthetix and Ethena lost their pegs. Even powerful stablecoins like Circle’s USDC and Tether have experienced temporary decoupling over…

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Biden intervenes in Dem congressional primary, warning all ‘we did to help ordinary people is in jeopardy now’

Former President Joe Biden has endorsed Dan Koh, a candidate running for U.S. Congress in Massachusetts’ Democratic primary for 6th Congressional District, while Rep. Seth Moulton is running for U.S. Senate. Coe, who served in various roles during Biden’s White House tenure, released a video in which Biden said he made the call because he…

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